# principe
## English
### Etymology

From Italian principe. Doublet of prince and princeps.

### Noun

principe (plural principi)
* An Italian prince.
    Coordinate term: principessa

## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* prencipe

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīncipem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾinˈθipe/
* Rhymes: -ipe
* Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pe

### Noun

principe m
* prince
    Synonym: infant
* sovereign, ruler
    Synonym: monarca

#### Related terms

* princesa
* principal
* principato
* principau
* principio

### Further reading

* Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish príncipe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɾinsipe/, [ˈpɾĩn.si.pe]
* Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe

### Noun

principe
* prince

#### Coordinate terms

* princesa

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French principe, from Latin principium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌprɪnˈsi.pə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe
* Rhymes: -ipə

### Noun

principe n (plural principes, diminutive principetje n)
* principle [from late 18th c.]
    Synonym: beginsel

#### Derived terms

* coöperatieprincipe

#### Related terms

* principieel

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: prinsipe
* → Indonesian: prinsip
* → West Frisian: prinsipe

### Further reading

* “principe” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From principo (“principle”) +‎ -e (adverbial ending).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prinˈt͡sipe]
* Rhymes: -ipe
* Hyphenation: prin‧ci‧pe

### Adverb

principe
* in principle

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁɛ̃.sip/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

principe m (plural principes)
* principle
* beginning; start; commencement
    dès le principe ― from the outset; from the start
* (somewhat archaic) source; origin; cause
** 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 2:Le principe de toute souveraineté réside essentiellement dans la nation.The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation.

#### Derived terms

* en principe
* par principe
* partir du principe
* pétition de principe

#### Descendants

* → Danish: princip
* → Dutch: principe
** Afrikaans: prinsipe
** → Indonesian: prinsip
** → West Frisian: prinsipe
* → Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: prinsipp
* → Turkish: prensip

### Further reading

* “principe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* prencipe

### Etymology

From Latin prīncipem (“chief”) (compare principio (“principle”) from the meaning "first").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprin.t͡ʃi.pe/
* Rhymes: -intʃipe
* Hyphenation: prìn‧ci‧pe

### Noun

principe m (plural principi, feminine principessa, diminutive principino, augmentative principóne)
* prince

#### Related terms

* prence
* principale
* principato
* principesco
* principio

### Further reading

* principe in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* principe in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Noun

prī̆ncipe
* ablative singular of prī̆nceps

## Portuguese
### Noun

principe m (plural principes)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of príncipe.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian principe, from Latin princeps.

### Pronunciation

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* Audio:(file)

### Noun

principe m (plural principi)
* prince

#### Declension
### Further reading

* principe in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Noun

principe
* Misspelling of príncipe.

### Verb

principe
* inflection of principar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative